Philatelic Philography - Sachin Tendulkar

Autographed by Sachin Tendulkar

Philatelic Philography is a collection of autographs, on philatelic materials by the persons related to or somehow associated with that particular philatelic matter. 

Autograph is a signature, mostly by a famous person or celebrity, to be preserved by his or her admirer or fan as a memento. It has to be by the signatory person's own handwriting. While Philography is a hobby of collection of autographs, Philately is a hobby of collection of postage stamps and allied materials and studies about them.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, born 24 April 1973, is a former international cricketer of India who served as captain of the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

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He is the highest run scorer of all time in international cricket, and the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International (ODI), the holder of the record for the most runs in both Test and ODI cricket, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.

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In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He is affectionately known as "Little Master" or "Master Blaster".

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On 14 Nov 2013, the first day of Sachin’s 200th and last test match, India Post had issued a set of two stamps, one miniature sheet and one mixed mini sheet. Sachin Tendulkar had announced that he would take retirement from cricket after playing his 200th test match. He had played that match in Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai, India against West Indies. He was the first player to score one hundred international centuries and was the only cricketer who has played 200 test matches. 

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his test debut, on India's tour to Pakistan on 15 November 1989 when he was 16 years and 205 days old. 

Some of his illustrious achievements are:-

1. 15919 Runs in 200 Test Matches

2. 18426 Runs in 463 ODI Matches

3. 51 Centuries in Test Cricket

4. 49 Centuries in ODI Cricket